Human right group Amnesty International has called on the Parliament of Ghana to consider a total abolishment of the laws regarding death sentence in the country. At a meeting with the leadership of Parliament on Wednesday, June 12, the head of Amnesty International Oluwatosin Popoola said Ghana has not executed anyone since the enactment of the law, so it will be appropriate to abolish it and replace it with jail terms.
A death penalty is a capital punishment for mostly the highest degree of crime in a country. About 105 countries globally have abolished the death penalty law from their statutory books.
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Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye in a response to Amnesty's request made it clear the decision not to execute offenders on death row is an act of clemency rather than the right of the offender. He stated that Parliament will take a second look at the laws and if need be amendments shall be made.
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